it comes to us from adp research. the day before the official job data arrives from the bureau of labor statistics. it is our number of the day. 158,000. i'll be talking about this tomorrow in more depth with robert reich but in short this is an adequate number but not great. we need about 150,000 new jobs each month just to accommodate new job seekers and population growth. this is basically where we've been. we've now averaged 147,000 new jobs a month this year and 153,000 new jobs a month last year. so this marks two years of steady positive job creation since the recession bottomed out. of course, these monthly numbers always set off a deafening roar of spin and shatter. we'll hear republicans say that well, this just isn't enough. and they're right. we've already seen where their trickle down policies have led us, to the cataclysm of 2008. we're now seeing the fruits of smart policies, (vo) this election, there's a new sheriff in town, and she's going to cut through the noise. wanda sykes will be keeping it simpl